À San Francisco, la demeure d'un millionnaire explose. Dans les décombres, on découvre trois corps et un message: «Que la voix du peuple se fasse entendre.» Quelques jours plus tard, un homme d'affaires est assassiné en d'étranges circonstances. Là encore, un message déclare la guerre aux «agents de la corruption et du profit». Lindsay Boxer, inspectrice de la brigade criminelle, va demander à ses trois amies -Jill, substitut du procureur, Claire, médecin légiste, et Cindy, journaliste au Chronicle- de l'aider dans son enquête, les crimes se succédant avec une effrayante régularité. Et le sommet du G8 approche...
Dans ce troisième volet de la série policière qui met en scène le Women Murder Club, James Patterson, écrivant à quatre mains avec Andrew Gross, mène l'intrigue à un rythme endiablé, multipliant péripéties et coups de théâtre.
In 11th-century France, freedom is a luxury worth fighting for. But is it worth dying for? Arriving home disillusioned from the Crusades, Hugh DeLuc discovers his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted. Hugh takes on the role of a jester to find his wife and win freedom.
Leur extrême brutalité mise à part, rien ne semble relier les meurtres en série qui viennent secouer San Francisco. Mais l'inspecteur Lindsay Boxer subodore qu'il y a anguille sous roche... Appelant à la rescousse ses amies du Women Murder Club, elle décide d'y voir clair dans cet imbroglio. Certains indices ont sans doute échappé à la sagacité et à la vigilancede leurs patrons et collègues masculins. En unissant ses forces et sa détermination à celles de Cindy, journaliste au Chronicle, de Jill, adjointe du procureur, et de Claire, médecin légiste, Lindsay réussira-t-elle à percer le mystère qui entoure les crimes ? Une nouvelle réussite d'un grand maître du suspense.
Ned Kelly has the perfect job - working for an easy-going boss at his luxurious mansion by the sun-kissed beach, watching beautiful women walk by. The perfect girl. Tess - gorgeous, funny, apparently very rich and crazy for him. The perfect score. Five million up for grabs. And to get his share, all he needs to do is trigger three house alarms to throw the cops off the scent of the real robbery. Could things get any better for Ned? But things don't go according to plan. And when Tess is brutally murdered and the others involved in the robbery are massacred, Ned is the prime suspect. With danger at every twist and turn, he's running for his life.
The heart-pounding new thriller from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the Sunday Times bestsellers The Blue Zone and Reckless.
The heart-pounding new thriller from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the Sunday Times bestsellers The Blue Zone and Reckless.
A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, with tips and tricks to improve your life that come straight from the scientific community.Richard Wiseman has been troubled by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce creativity: the opposite of everything it promises. Now, in 59 Seconds, he fights back, bringing together the diverse scientific advice that can help you change your life in under a minute, and guides you toward becoming more decisive, more imaginative, more engaged, and altogether more happy.From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, resilience to relationships, Wiseman outlines the research supporting the new science of "rapid change" and, with clarity and infectious enthusiasm, describes how these quirky, sometimes counterintuitive techniques can be effortlessly incorporated into your everyday life. Or, as he likes to say: "Think a little, change a lot."From the Hardcover edition.
Grand Central Station, New York.
Suite à une explosion, le wagon dans lequel se trouvait Charles Friedman, brillant gestionnaire de fonds de placements, est pulvérisé. Le même jour, dans une petite ville du Connecticut. un jeune homme est retrouvé mort sur la chaussée, victime d'un chauffard qui a pris la fuite. Deux accidents apparemment sans rapport. Jusqu'à ce que Karen, la femme de Charles, découvre que des sommes colossales ont disparu dans l'entreprise de son mari, et s'interroge sur la véritable personnalité du père de ses enfants.
Elle se retrouve alors plongée dans une sombre affaire de scandales financiers et de meurtres qui font froid dans le dos. Avec l'aide de l'inspecteur Ty Hauck, Karen va tenter d'élucider la conspiration qui a bouleversé sa vie et celle de milliers d'autres. Thriller trépidant. Marée sombre se lit d'une traite et confirme Andrew Cross comme un maître du genre.
Blue Zone : n.f. [bluzon]. Expression employée par les agents du Programme de protection des témoins quand le sujet protégé a disparu. Quand personne ne sait s'il est mort ou vivant. Kate Raab a vu son père se faire arrêter pour avoir participé au blanchiment d'argent d'un cartel colombien. Elle a dit adieu à toute sa famille, à qui le FBI a offert une nouvelle vie et une nouvelle identité en échange du témoignage de son père. Elle a écouté les mensonges des fédéraux. Aujourd'hui son père a disparu. Des assassins sont à ses trousses. Il ne lui reste qu'une chose à faire : sauver sa peau. Best-seller traduit dans vingt pays Blue Zone est le premier thriller en solo d'Andrew Gross, co-auteur de cinq romans avec James Patterson, la star du thriller à l'americaine.
The heart-stopping new novel from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the hit thrillers The Blue Zone and Reckless.
A breathtaking novel of suspense from the co-author of five No 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the hit thrillers The Blue Zone and The Dark Tide
Detective Lindsay Boxer, Assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt, and the other members of the Women's Murder Club race against time to find out who is responsible for a series of violent incidents, all with links to political terrorism and the sinister "August Spies," before the start of an upcoming economic summit of the world's most powerful nations in San Francisco. Reprint.
A breathtaking novel of suspense from the co-author of five No 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the hit thrillers The Blue Zone and Don't Look Twice Ty Hauck has left law enforcement for a job with a big-time private security firm. But he quickly learns that life in the private sector can be every bit as dangerous as wearing a badge - if not more so. When a successful trader at one of Wall Street's largest firms is murdered his suburban home along with his wife and daughter, it seems at first to be a case of burglary gone wrong. Then another financial executive is found dead in a very suspicious 'suicide'. As Hauck digs deeper he uncovers a horrifying financial conspiracy that stretches from New York to Central Europe to London. And the masterminds behind it will kill anyone who gets in their way...
Andie DeGrasse, aspiring actress and single mother, does not want to do jury service. But despite her attempts to get dismissed, she still ends up as Juror No.11 in a landmark trial against notorious Mafia Don, Dominic Cavello. Cavello, A.K.A the Electrician, is linked to hundreds of unspeakable crimes and his power knows no bounds. But Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante has been tracking him for years and conviction is a sure thing. As the jury reaches its verdict, the Electrician makes a devastating move. The entire nation is reeling, and Andie's world is shattered. The hunt for Cavello just got personal, and she and Pellisante join together, determined to exact justice - at any cost.
The jaw-dropping new novel from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the hit thrillers The Blue Zone and Reckless.
When a little girl is shot on the steps of a San Francisco church, Detective Lindsay Boxer knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club. Boxer and her friends think the killer may be an ex-cop, but nothing can prepare them for the demented logic behind his choice of victims.
A breathtaking novel of suspense from the co-author with James Patterson of five No 1 bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the hit thriller of 2007, The Blue Zone
Kurt Nordstrum must infiltrate then destroy the most heavily guarded Nazi shipment. It's seemingly impossible, but worth everything: the fate of Europe hangs in the balance. A thrilling espionage adventure set during World War II, from the author of The One Man.
B>From International Number One Bestseller Andrew Gross, The Last Brother is the thrilling historical novel about three brothers and the Mafia in 1930s New York. /b>b>Published in the USA as Button Man./b>b>United by blood/b>br>1930s New York City. Three brothers grow up poor on the Lower East Side, until the death of their father forces them to find work to support their family. Each brother takes a different path.b>Divided by ambition/b>br>Twelve-year-old Morris Rabishevsky apprentices himself to a garment manufacturer with the aim of running the business. Sol, six years older, heads to accounting school but is forced to drop out. Scarred by a family tragedy, Harry falls under the spell of the charismatic Louis Buchalter, who in a few short years becomes the most ruthless mobster in town.b>Torn apart by conflict/b>br>Morris convinces Sol to go into business with him, but Harry can't be lured away from the glamour, power and money of the mob. As their business grows, Buchalter sets his sights on the unions that control the garment maker's factories, setting up a fatal showdown that could bring them together or shatter their family forever.
Dans ce second opus de la série du Women Murder Club, James Patterson nous entraîne dans des bas-fonds terrifiants.
Leur extrême brutalité mise à part, rien ne semble relier les meurtres en série qui viennent secouer San Francisco, mais l?inspecteur Lindsay Boxer subodore qu?il y a anguille sous roche. Appelant à la rescousse ses amies du Women Murder Club, elle décide d?y voir clair dans ce pot au noir. Certains indices ont certainement échappé à la sagacité et à la vigilance de leurs patrons et collègues masculins.
En unissant ses forces à celles de Cindy, journaliste au Chronicle, de Jill, adjointe au procureur et de Claire, médecin légiste, Lindsay découvre qu?un fil rouge rattache bien des victimes entre elles. Supputant où et qui le tueur est susceptible de frapper, elles lui tendent un piège auquel il lui sera difficile de résister. Mais en cas d'une erreur de calcul, les conséquences en seront dévastatrices et elles n?auront pas de seconde chance.
Plein de suspense, d?action dramatique et de rebondissements surprenants, Seconde chance est un fameux thriller du « meilleur auteur de romans noirs de tous les temps » ainsi qu?USA Today a qualifié James Patterson.
